LAHORE, Pakistan -- The death of a 4-year-old boy whose throat was slit by a low-flying kite string coated with glass has prompted authorities to forbid kite-flying in eastern Pakistan. Shayan Ahmad ...

LAHORE, Pakistan — The death of a 4-year-old boy whose throat was slit by a kite string coated with glass has prompted authorities to forbid kite-flying in eastern Pakistan. Shayan Ahmad became the ...

LAHORE, Pakistan — Hundreds of kites filled the skies of Pakistan’s cultural capital on Saturday, the opening day of a traditional spring festival, despite a ban that followed the deaths of seven ...

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- The death of a 4-year-old boy whose throat was slit by a low-flying kite string coated with glass has prompted authorities to forbid kite-flying in eastern Pakistan. Shayan ...

Light Within on those punished for breaking kite flying rules. “What is the point here? Whereas big guns can get way with almost anything, it is most dreadful for any poor to commit a crime. A ...

Pakistan, Oct. 19 -- In a decisive move against illegal kite trading, Lahore's Shafiqabad police have seized over 250 colourful kites during a crackdown on a citywide smuggling operation. The accused, ...

LAHORE, Pakistan, Feb 25 (Reuters Life!) - A ban on a decades-old and colorful tradition of kite-flying has riled many Pakistanis, but authorities say the sport has killed people and encourages ...

QUETTA, Pakistan, March 19 (UNHCR) - "If the kite was the gun, then tar, the glass-coated cutting line, was the bullet in the chamber." This is how UNHCR Goodwill Envoy Khaled Hosseini describes the ...

Pakistan, Oct. 22 -- A tragic incident in Lahore claimed the life of a 21-year-old motorcyclist on Wednesday after his neck was slit by a sharp kite string. The victim, identified as Muhammad Yousuf, ...

QUETTA, Pakistan, March 19 (UNHCR) - "If the kite was the gun, then tar, the glass-coated cutting line, was the bullet in the chamber." This is how UNHCR Goodwill Envoy Khaled Hosseini describes the ...